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		By: unelectedfloofgoofer		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589472&quot;&gt;Sue T.&lt;/a&gt;.

It may just be an edited video where the bird appears to squawk with its beak that you should upgrade your status.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589472">Sue T.</a>.</p>
<p>It may just be an edited video where the bird appears to squawk with its beak that you should upgrade your status.</p>
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		By: Karl Woodrow		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589542&quot;&gt;Bobbi Jo Kellogg&lt;/a&gt;.

Hey, Bobby Jo.
    
    Your comment was a bit confusing to me. I don&#039;t understand which protest movement you are saying that Mike and others have been objecting to... I have never known Mike NOT to support any protest exposing COS abuses! 
   Maybe i&#039;m just late coming into the conversation but could you please clarify?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589542">Bobbi Jo Kellogg</a>.</p>
<p>Hey, Bobby Jo.</p>
<p>    Your comment was a bit confusing to me. I don&#8217;t understand which protest movement you are saying that Mike and others have been objecting to&#8230; I have never known Mike NOT to support any protest exposing COS abuses!<br />
   Maybe i&#8217;m just late coming into the conversation but could you please clarify?</p>
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		By: Bobbi Jo Kellogg		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589465&quot;&gt;Chris Shugart&lt;/a&gt;.

I so agree! Kids inherently WANT to have parents proud and accepting of what we do from a very young age. These children are smiling <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f603.png" alt="😃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> so big because they&#039;ve done something grown up like. They would be smiling <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f603.png" alt="😃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> just as big if their parents saw them pitch in to wash dishes. I am deeply disturbed seeing this. Parents should be investigated for giving the ok to kids being asked questions that they don&#039;t even know what they&#039;re being asked. Mike, I am so happy that Jack and Shane weren&#039;t given over to the Sea Org much like Jenna was at 7 years old to start the career of a modern day slave. I know ya&#039;ll must feel better having gotten out when ya&#039;ll did. It&#039;s a crime what these children go through. I am a protester in Battle Creek Michigan, Mike, and I know you aren&#039;t fond of what the movement is doing all over the world, but I believe it&#039;s definitely making a difference. People are being stopped before the body routers get a chance to lie about what they are doing and trying to fool people into buying books etc. I make a point of &#039;educating &#039; members and those who are targeted. I try very hard not to be judgemental or cruel as I believe most have had their desire to help the world has been highjacked if you will. I am wondering why some of ya&#039;ll are speaking very strongly against what we&#039;re doing? I am 61 and have wished for some way I could do ANYTHING against this cult for over 30 years. If just one person heard what I have to say, and it somehow sticks with them and gives them a seed of doubt, then I would have done something good. Sending love and good karma to everyone of the AF. And to you, Mike, sending love, healing karma and laughter <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f603.png" alt="😃" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> to your family and yourself! Hugs, too <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f917.png" alt="🤗" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589465">Chris Shugart</a>.</p>
<p>I so agree! Kids inherently WANT to have parents proud and accepting of what we do from a very young age. These children are smiling 😃 so big because they&#8217;ve done something grown up like. They would be smiling 😃 just as big if their parents saw them pitch in to wash dishes. I am deeply disturbed seeing this. Parents should be investigated for giving the ok to kids being asked questions that they don&#8217;t even know what they&#8217;re being asked. Mike, I am so happy that Jack and Shane weren&#8217;t given over to the Sea Org much like Jenna was at 7 years old to start the career of a modern day slave. I know ya&#8217;ll must feel better having gotten out when ya&#8217;ll did. It&#8217;s a crime what these children go through. I am a protester in Battle Creek Michigan, Mike, and I know you aren&#8217;t fond of what the movement is doing all over the world, but I believe it&#8217;s definitely making a difference. People are being stopped before the body routers get a chance to lie about what they are doing and trying to fool people into buying books etc. I make a point of &#8216;educating &#8216; members and those who are targeted. I try very hard not to be judgemental or cruel as I believe most have had their desire to help the world has been highjacked if you will. I am wondering why some of ya&#8217;ll are speaking very strongly against what we&#8217;re doing? I am 61 and have wished for some way I could do ANYTHING against this cult for over 30 years. If just one person heard what I have to say, and it somehow sticks with them and gives them a seed of doubt, then I would have done something good. Sending love and good karma to everyone of the AF. And to you, Mike, sending love, healing karma and laughter 😃 to your family and yourself! Hugs, too 🤗!</p>
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		By: Yawn		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589465&quot;&gt;Chris Shugart&lt;/a&gt;.

Another evil facet of Scientology, exploitation of children. 
Casts a dark shadow over your soul to contemplate.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589465">Chris Shugart</a>.</p>
<p>Another evil facet of Scientology, exploitation of children.<br />
Casts a dark shadow over your soul to contemplate.</p>
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		By: Iamfromanywhere		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Think, I need a beer for this. Terrible!

Nice Weekend to All!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think, I need a beer for this. Terrible!</p>
<p>Nice Weekend to All!</p>
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		By: Scooter		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WTF????????? - Ascot Vale is &quot;$cientology Community Centre&quot;?

That trumps the sad tales of dehumanizing children, IT bs training, First Aid cert.s for stooges who&#039;ll only ever use them to access areas where peeps need real help but get kult bs instead.

Lower than a snake&#039;s armpit indeed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WTF????????? &#8211; Ascot Vale is &#8220;$cientology Community Centre&#8221;?</p>
<p>That trumps the sad tales of dehumanizing children, IT bs training, First Aid cert.s for stooges who&#8217;ll only ever use them to access areas where peeps need real help but get kult bs instead.</p>
<p>Lower than a snake&#8217;s armpit indeed.</p>
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		By: The Merkabian		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-360/#comment-589488</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Merkabian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 01:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crab ra(n)goon must be a big draw for these events.

Why not come try the crab ragu at the Blue Lagoo.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Crab ra(n)goon must be a big draw for these events.</p>
<p>Why not come try the crab ragu at the Blue Lagoo.</p>
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		By: PeaceMaker		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I believe crime went down in Hungary due to changes like longer sentences for repeat offenders.  And the authoritarian regime there could just be fudging some of the statistics, too -- which would be very scientological.

There are also probably plenty of places where crime has gone up since WTH booklets were distributed.  And scientologists seem to often have a doom-and-gloom view of the world being in a downward spiral - I don&#039;t think they&#039;d claim the planet has gotten better since 1950, or since the booklet was introduced in 1980, so in the big picture that&#039;s not a &quot;win&quot;. 

And come to think of it, the US murder rate was high in the CofS&#039; early heyday, declined but then went up again around the time they had a comeback during the era of the &quot;volcano&quot; ad campaign, and then has been on a mostly downward trajectory as they have shrunk, so a very unfavorable correlation could be seen if one plays fast and loose regarding actual causation.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe crime went down in Hungary due to changes like longer sentences for repeat offenders.  And the authoritarian regime there could just be fudging some of the statistics, too &#8212; which would be very scientological.</p>
<p>There are also probably plenty of places where crime has gone up since WTH booklets were distributed.  And scientologists seem to often have a doom-and-gloom view of the world being in a downward spiral &#8211; I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;d claim the planet has gotten better since 1950, or since the booklet was introduced in 1980, so in the big picture that&#8217;s not a &#8220;win&#8221;. </p>
<p>And come to think of it, the US murder rate was high in the CofS&#8217; early heyday, declined but then went up again around the time they had a comeback during the era of the &#8220;volcano&#8221; ad campaign, and then has been on a mostly downward trajectory as they have shrunk, so a very unfavorable correlation could be seen if one plays fast and loose regarding actual causation.</p>
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		By: GL		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GL]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Ideal org music festival?&quot; Why would you bother announcing that the door will win the prize? Unless...maybe the door is the prize.

I always rapidly scroll past &quot;Kiddies Corner&quot; because it&#039;s seriously creepy.

As for the rest, sigh, just same old money-grubbing bs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Ideal org music festival?&#8221; Why would you bother announcing that the door will win the prize? Unless&#8230;maybe the door is the prize.</p>
<p>I always rapidly scroll past &#8220;Kiddies Corner&#8221; because it&#8217;s seriously creepy.</p>
<p>As for the rest, sigh, just same old money-grubbing bs.</p>
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		By: Anonymous		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[C&#039;mon, Emily. Your parents love and miss you. Ditch your Svengali and get your life back.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C&#8217;mon, Emily. Your parents love and miss you. Ditch your Svengali and get your life back.</p>
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